Toy safe



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A. C. REX.

TOY SAFE.

No. 358,697. Patented Mar. 1, 1887..

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TOY SAFE.

Patented Mar. l, 1887.

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ALFRED C. REX, OFKIHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,697, dated March l, 1887.

Application tiled June 5, 1856. Serial No.204,241. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED C. REX, acitizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in the Construction of Toy Safes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of certain improvements in the construction of toysafes, as fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of a toy safe embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1, of the upper part of the safe. Fig. 3 is a view of the working parts of the lock with the coverplate removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the notched wheels, its spindle, and operating-disk; and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan View of the saine.

The four side walls, A, and the top A and bottom A of the safe are made of suitable castings, riveted or otherwise secured together in any convenient way.

In the top plate of the safe is formed the usual slit, a, for the introduction of the coins, and in order to prevent the abstraction of coins through this slit by the insertion of a knife-blade or otherwise, I provide, immediately below the slit and on each side of it in the interior of the safe, a pendent hinged flap, b, free to swing in either direction, so that if the safe is turned upside down oneor other of the flaps will close the slit, and if a knife-blade is introduced to assist in withdrawing a coin one or other of the aps will push the coin off the blade as the latter is withdrawn. As a convenient way of hinging these pendent flaps b to the under side of the top plate, I rivet to a suitable projection on the said topplate, as shown in Fig. l, a frame, b', having notches for the reception of the pivot-pins cast on the iiaps, Fig. 2. I have shown the projection to which this frame is riveted as being sufficiently close to one of the flaps to prevent the latter from fallin g backward when the safe is turned over; but this is not essential.

The front plate of the safe is provided with the usual hinged door, I), having a sliding locking-bolt, cl, controlled by a combinationlock, E. In the present case I have shown the lock as provided with threenotched wheels, e, to act on the inner end of the bolt d, and

each having a large notch which, when brought into line with the others opposite the inner end of the bolt, will allow the latter, under the action of its spring d', to slide inward and release the door, as will be readily understood on reference to Fig. 3.

The number of wheels may vary.; but each is mounted on a separate stem, F, which passes through the door, and is provided on the outside with an operating knob or disk, F. The stems of the inner wheels are tubular, and tit over each other and the central stem ot the outermost wheel, as illustrated in Fig. l. The portion of the stem on which each wheel is tted is made many-sided, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and the central opening of the wheel is made to correspond, so that the combination 4once set can be readily changed at any time by simply removing the inside cover-plate of the lock and taking the Wheels oft' their stems and resetting them in other positions.

In order to insure the accurate fitting of these portions of the wheels and stems together, they are both cut out by punches and dies; and in order to permit of the cutting of the straight sides on the stems, a groove, f, is formed on the latter immediately behind the portion of the stem which is to be cut by the die, to give the necessary clearance for the metal'in cutting.

I prefer to construct the interior of the safe for the reception of drawers G G', as shown in Figs. l and 2. In the present case two drawers are illustrated as being used, the upper one being supported upon an open frame-like plate, H, held at the corners in lugs 7L on the side plates and notches in the flanges of the front plate, while the sides of the drawer G are guided by horizontal ribs g, cast on the inside of the side plates. The bottom drawer, G', is guided by similar horizontal ribs, and is supported by vertical ribs g on the bottom plate. The upper drawer may be used for the reception of coins introduced through the top slit, a, while the lower drawer is used for bills or jewelry.

If preferred, in some cases the safe may be made without the top slit, and all the articles may be introduced into the drawers by opening the door of the safe.

I do not here claim the construction of the lock or any part thereof above described, as I have made that the subject of a separate applieation for a patent iiled by me October l5, 1886, Serial No. 216,322.

It has been proposed to provide Within the top of amoney-box, below the aperture for the insertion of the coins, curved springs intended by the narrowness of the space between the springs to prevent the Withdrawal of the coins from the money-box. In my invention, however, it is not the narrowness of thespace that prevents the extraction of the coin, but the falling of one or the other of the hinged flaps upon the knife-blade or other instrument inserted to withdraw the coin, and the consequent sweeping oi'f of the coin as the instruf u ment is Withdrawn.

I claim as my invention-- l. vA toy safe having a top slit and pendent aps hinged on opposite sides of the slit on the inside, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the top plate of a toy safe having a slit with pendent ilaps and 4i. The combination of the side plates of a 3o toy safe, having interior horizontal ribs g, and the bottom plate having vertical ribs g', with drawers adapted to slide on the said ribs, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 3 5 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED C. REX. Vitnesses:

WILLIAM D. CONNER,

HARRY SMITH. 

